First Thursday takes a road trip

“Woven to Wear” features baskets, clothing and other textiles representing 800 years of Southwest weaving.

Courtesy of Fort Lewis College

“Woven to Wear” features baskets, clothing and other textiles representing 800 years of Southwest weaving.

February’s First Thursday Art Walk will demand a bit more from attendees when Toh-Atin gallery owner Jackson Clark takes his show on the road to the Fort Lewis College Center of Southwest Studies. Clark will give the opening presentation for the Center’s new exhibit, “Woven to Wear,” featuring pieces from the Durango Collection of Navajo and Puebloan weaving collected by Jackson Clark Sr. and Mark Winter.

Representing 800 years of weaving in the Southwest, the Durango Collection forms the cornerstone of the Center of Southwest Studies, This exhibition, representing only a portion of the collection, pays homage to the creativity and skill of these early weavers.